mod rewrite rules not working for virtual host

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^courses(/)?$ courses.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^courses/([^/\.]+)(/)?$ courses.php?type_uri=$1 [nc]
RewriteRule ^courses/([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)(/)?$ courses.php?type_uri=$1&request_uri=$2 [nc]

RewriteRule ^store(/)?$ stores.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/add-to-cart(/)?$ add-to-cart.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/register(/)?$ register.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/pay(/)?$ pay.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/processing(/)?$ processing.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/cancelled(/)?$ cancelled.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^store/timeout(/)?$ timeout.php [nc]

RewriteRule ^cms/?$ cms/index.php [nc]

RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?request_uri=$1 [nc]

#ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php

Try adding a [L] flag to each of your rules. That tells it that if a rule is matched, then don't bother running the others.

A good place for figuring these things out is http://civilolydnad.se/projects/rewriterule/

You can set your rules, enter a text string, and it'll tell you what's being matched and re-written.

There must be something beyond that as none of the rules could produce "2-day-course" from "beginner-2-day-courses"

sorry this is a mistake.  i typed in beginner 2 day courses as this is another page also...

it should be jusy "2-day-course"

Adding L so I have [NC,L] hasn't made any difference.  I have also tried running my rules passed that tool but it doesn't do anything?  I click run and nothing happens! Anyways....

One thing I did notice is that for pages where I pass 1 or more parameters in the URL, the PHP_SELF values contains the parameter(s)....  Is this correct?

For example, look at this one: [PHP_SELF] => /courses.php/2-day-course/

Shouldn't it just be [PHP_SELF] => /courses.php with the QUERY_STRING containing the passed parameters?

Have you allowed overrides in your Virtual Host configuration

Allow override = All

You dont really need ALL , I think FileInfo would be enough but not sure though you can test with All

Yes - look at my directive above....

Ellandrd,

I don't think it's a problem with your rules. I just setup an htaccess file with your rules in, and a course.php file containing the attached code.

When calling the page in a browser, these were the results.

Called -> mydomain.com/courses/
    [QUERY_STRING] =>
     [REQUEST_URI] => /courses/
    [SCRIPT_NAME] => /courses.php
    [PHP_SELF] => /courses.php

Called -> mydomain.com/courses/2-day-course
    [QUERY_STRING] => type_uri=2-day-course
    [REQUEST_URI] => /courses/2-day-course
    [SCRIPT_NAME] => /courses.php
    [PHP_SELF] => /courses.php

Called -> mydomain.com/courses/2-day-course/test
    [QUERY_STRING] => type_uri=2-day-course&request_uri=test
    [REQUEST_URI] => /courses/2-day-course/test
    [SCRIPT_NAME] => /courses.php
    [PHP_SELF] => /courses.php

I'm guessing this is what you are expecting. As I say, your rules are working fine.

<?php
printf( "[QUERY_STRING] => %s", $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
printf( "<br>[REQUEST_URI] => %s", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
printf( "<br>[SCRIPT_NAME] => %s", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
printf( "<br>[PHP_SELF] => %s", $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);br
?>

                                              

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so what could be causing the problem?  my apache server setup?

Your apache conf looks fine as well.

Do you have anything else setup that might interfere with the query strings. Are you running this through a framework like codeigniter etc that does it's own routing? Do you have code inside of courses.php that does any forwarding?

As a test, if you have just the code I posted above in the courses.php file and nothing else, are you getting the results you need when calling the pages.

the directive above is only for that one VH.  do you want to see my main apache conf itself?

Im not running any frameworks.  I just have MAMP setup and VirtualHostX creating my VH's...

courses.php is empty apart from some echo statements printing out the query parameters.

If i run your code I get this:

[QUERY_STRING] =>
[REQUEST_URI] => /courses/
[SCRIPT_NAME] => /courses.php
[PHP_SELF] => /courses.php/


Notice again how the PHP_SELF has this slash at the end (when it shouldnt right?)

Hmm,

Not really sure. In your apache conf, try adding a trailing slash to your VirtualHost document route. Also in your htaccess file try using the following:

There's square brackets round the forward slash instead of parenthesis "(".

Other than trying that, I'm not really sure.

RewriteRule ^courses[/]?$ courses.php [nc]
RewriteRule ^courses/([^/\.]+)[/]?$ courses.php?type_uri=$1 [nc]
RewriteRule ^courses/([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)[/]?$ courses.php?type_uri=$1&request_uri=$2 [nc]

                                              

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